Founding & History
USC was founded in this year.
What is 1801?
The annual football rivalry game between USC and Clemson is known by this name.
What is the Palmetto Bowl?
After a national championship win, USC students celebrate by jumping into this campus fountain.
What is the Thomas Cooper Fountain (T-Coop Fountain)?
This lively neighborhood near campus is known for bars, restaurants, and the infamous “Tunnel of Death.”
What is Five Points?
This Grammy award-winning rock band was formed by USC students in the 1980s.
Who are Hootie & the Blowfish?
This was the university’s original name.
What is South Carolina College?
The team’s current home stadium along the Congaree River is named this.
What is Founders Park?
At Colloquium Cafe, this day of the week is famous for long lines of students waiting for chicken fingers and fries.
What is Chicken Finger Wednesday?
Columbia, SC is often called this nickname, which comes from shortening the word “Columbia” to “Cola.”
What is Soda City?
This tall residence hall once had a rotating restaurant at the top.
What is Capstone House?
Mattie Jean Adams made history in June 1898 when she did what no other woman before had ever done.
What is earn a degree from the University of South Carolina.
This USC women’s basketball star became the first Gamecock to have her jersey retired while still actively playing in the WNBA.
Who is A'ja Wilson?
The first verse of the university's Alma Mater starts with these words: "We hail thee, Carolina, and sing thy high praise. With loyal devotion..."
What is "We hail thee, Carolina, and sing thy high praise. With loyal devotion, remembering the days"?
Each October, this big event takes place right next to Williams-Brice Stadium, drawing students with rides, concerts, and fried food.
What is the South Carolina State Fair?
Darla Moore was once listed as one of the most powerful women in the world by this magazine.
What is Forbes?
Before moving into its building on Assembly Street in 2014, USC’s business school was housed in this building.
What is Close-Hipp?
What back-to-back years did the USC baseball team win national championships?
What is 2010 & 2011.
Each fall, USC’s Greek organizations face off in this high-energy dance competition that raises money for campus charities.
What is Spurs & Struts?
This former Heisman-winning quarterback played minor league baseball for the Columbia Fireflies in 2017.
Who is Tim Tebow?
On 9/24/09 when USC held #4 Ole Miss to 10 points, ESPN announcer Chris Fowler famously said "A rave breaks out in Columbia"
What is Sandstorm?
USC is home to the only one in North America because a permanent exhibit was gifted to the university by this family foundation.
What is the Anne Frank House (or Anne Frank Foundation)?
This legendary USC running back, nicknamed “The Great One,” won the 1980 Heisman Trophy.
Who is George Rogers?
The rivalry between South Carolina and Clemson began in this year, when the two teams first faced off on the football field.
What is 1896?
In February 1865, much of Columbia was burned by this Union general’s troops during the Civil War.
Who is General William T. Sherman?
This U.S. President delivered a speech on the Horseshoe in 1991.
Who is George H. W. Bush?